Mahonia

Mahonia
For the Oregon Governor's mansion, see Mahonia Hall.
Mahonia
Mahonia japonica fruit
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Berberidaceae
Genus: Mahonia
Nutt.
Species

About 70 species

Mahonia is a genus of about 70 species of evergreen shrubs in the family Berberidaceae, native to eastern Asia, the Himalaya, North America and Central America. They are closely related to the genus Berberis. Botanists disagree on the acceptability of the genus name Mahonia. Several authorities argue plants in this genus should be included in the genus Berberis because several species in both genera are able to hybridize, and because when the two genera are looked at as a whole, there is no definite morphological separation.[1] Mahonia typically have large, pinnate leaves 10-50 cm long with 5-15 leaflets, and flowers in racemes (5-20 cm long).

The genus name Mahonia honors the Philadelphia horticulturist Bernard McMahon who introduced the plant from materials collected by the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

The type species of the genus is Mahonia aquifolium, (Oregon-grape) from the Pacific coast of North America.

Several species are popular garden shrubs, grown for their ornamental evergreen foliage, yellow flowers in autumn, winter and early spring, and blue-black berries. The berries are edible, and rich in vitamin C, though with a very sharp flavor.

Contents

Selected species

Asia
North and Central America    

Cultivars

  • Mahonia - Golden Abundance

References

  1. ^ "Berberis Linnaeus". Flora of North America. http://efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=103816. 

External links

Mahonia garden varieties

v · Berberidaceae

Achlys | Berberis | Bongardia | Caulophyllum | Diphylleia | Dysosma | Epimedium | Gymnospermium | Jeffersonia | Leontice | Mahonia | Nandina | Podophyllum | Ranzania | Vancouveria



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  • Mahonia — Mahonia …   Wikipédia en Français

  • mahonia — [ maɔnja ] n. m. • 1664; de (Port )Mahon, aux Baléares ♦ Bot. Arbuste buissonnant (berbéridacées) ornemental, à feuilles persistantes semblables à celles du houx, à fleurs jaunes en grappes, à petites baies bleu foncé. « une touffe de mahonia,… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Mahonia — prop. n. A genus of evergreen shrubs and small trees of North and Central America and Asia. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • mahonia — ☆ mahonia [mə hō′nē ə ] n. [ModL, after B. McMahon (1775? 1816), Am botanist] any of a genus (Mahonia) of low evergreen shrubs of the barberry family, with clusters of yellow flowers followed by blue berries …   English World dictionary

  • mahonia — ma*ho ni*a, n. [Named after Bernard McMahon.] (Bot.) The Oregon grape, a species of barberry ({Berberis Aquifolium}), often cultivated for its hollylike foliage. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Mahonĭa — (M. Nutt.), Pflanzengattung aus der Familie Berberideae; nicht allgemein anerkannt u. in ihren Arten zu Berberis gerechnet; Arten: M aquifolium, M. fascicularis, M. trifoliata u.a., in Mexico u. Nordamerika …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Mahonĭa — Nutt., Gattung der Berberidazeen oder Untergattung von Berberis L., Sträucher mit unpaarig gefiederten Blättern, dornig gezahnten Blättchen und zierlichen, gelben Blüten in Trauben. Über 20 Arten in Mittelasien, China, Nordamerika und besonders… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Mahonia — Mahonĭa Nutt., Mahonĭe, Pflanzengattg. der Berberideen, nordamerik. und asiat. Sträucher. M. aquifolĭum Nutt., mit lederartigen, gefiederten Blättern und gelben Blütentrauben; immergrüner Zierstrauch …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Mahonia —   Mahonia …   Wikipedia Español

  • Mahonia — bealei …   Wikipédia en Français

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